Isaiah 30:9–15

⁹For this is a ^arebellious people, ^bfalse sons,

Sons who ¹refuse to ^clisten

To the ²instruction of the Lord;

¹⁰Who say to the ^aseers, “You must not see visions”;

And to the prophets, “You must not ^bprophesy to us what is right,

^cSpeak to us ¹pleasant words,

Prophesy illusions.

¹¹“Get out of the way, ^aturn aside from the path,

^1bLet us hear no more about the Holy One of Israel.”

¹²Therefore thus says the Holy One of Israel,

“^aSince you have rejected this word

And have put your trust in ^boppression and guile, and have relied on them,

¹³Therefore this ^ainiquity will be to you

Like a ^bbreach about to fall,

A bulge in a high wall,

Whose collapse comes ^csuddenly in an instant,

¹⁴Whose collapse is like the smashing of a ^apotter’s jar,

¹So ruthlessly shattered

That a sherd will not be found among its pieces

To ²take fire from a hearth

Or to scoop water from a cistern.”

¹⁵For thus the Lord ¹God, the Holy One of Israel, has said,

“In ²repentance and ^arest you will be saved,

In ^bquietness and trust is your strength.”

But you were not willing,